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She added that a day after his return to the family home he confessed to having a one-night stand on a trip home to see his parents in South Africa.

Fourie said: “I told him not to worry, that we could work it out. I felt I had failed him as a woman and as a wife. He did not expect that. He asked me whether I was angry with him. I said that the fault lies on both sides.”

Hannah Stokes

The defendant said that her husband told her the next day that he had been unfaithful with someone else.

She added: “I was shocked. I could not imagine my life without him. I felt horrible, I felt so small.”

Fourie said that four days later her husband texted her and said “we need to talk.”

She replied: “I knew there was more to his story. I texted back to say would I like it, as in the conversation?

“He said ‘No’.”

“I texted back, do you have someone? He texted back ‘yes’ and I said ‘how long?’ He said four months. I did not expect that.”

Wouter Fourie leaves Plymouth Crown Court after giving evidence against his ex-wife, who poured boiling water over his mistress

The court heard that Mr Fourie and Miss Stokes split up last year.

Fourie, of Olympic Way, Glenholt, has denied causing grievous bodily harm to Miss Stokes with intent on October 24, 2015.